Came, I Saw, I Conquered. Queen of Kong. Aww yeeaah. Two of those things happened. Three if you count owning the high score on Donkey Kong for the duration of a conference of thousands of HR tech geeks – on a single quarter – as “conquering”. You may be able to guess where I stand on that measurement. Yes, there was an arcade at the 2011 HR Technology Conference – huge props to the painfully cool gang over at The Starr Conspiracy , who really put on a clinic with their multichannel techno-hipster marketing blitz for this gig. Recruiting. Trim your competency list! Usability.

After spending the weekend watching a number of amazing sporting events between Major League Baseball pennant races as well as National Football League games on Sunday, an overused cliché I heard way too many times is “XXX controls their own destiny.” ” As I heard this, I began to think, what is a destiny? You might be asking, if not HR then who?

What Happens in Vegas. If Bill Kutik were Neil Young , HRTech would be his Bridge School Benefi t. The annual conversation marathon , now headed for its fifteenth year, is ground zero for the universe of people who think that technology ought to be at the heart of HR. In Vegas for the first tim e (after years in Chicago), the LRP team (which includes Kutik and HRExecutive editor David Shadovitz ), jammed the content with content and the opportunity for discovery. There is something Fellini -esque about the pace, the content and the intensity of the partying. Innovation 1: Social Media. Thanks.

Erin Palmer wrote me in the midst of some of the most horrific business travel I’ve experienced in my career. Cancelled flights. Broken luggage. Stinky rental cars. Overbooked hotels. Terrible food. In other words, I needed some advice. So when she pitched me on the idea of tips for stress free business travel, I jumped at the opportunity to gain from her wisdom. “, let me explain.

The always awesome 'How To Be a Retronaut' blog had another classically amusing piece recently called 'It's Great to Be Alive! Vintage Safety Manual. The piece, (and you really should go and check it out), features a series of images from a 1940s era safety manual aimed at elementary school age kids. I've placed two of the images (hope that's ok), alongside this post. to a macabre series of images of destruction, carnage, and death. notion is pretty effectively forgotten. It might be great to be alive, but it's far worse to get run over by a bus and crack your skull.
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Last week, I published part one of my conversation with Brandon Tudor, Director of Admissions for National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) in Washington, D.C., which is part of MedStar Health System, and his colleague Eileen Searson, Business Development and Recruitment. We discussed using social media for healthcare recruitment. Here’s part two of our conversation about “going social” How do you Measure the Success of Social Media? With the Position Manager ® system, you can add your own sourcing question, ‘How did you hear about the job?’ Conclusion.
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Cross Country Staffing in Boca Raton, FL is dancing for a cure ; they need your vote! Pink Glove Dance]. New report cites important global role of staffing industry. American Staffing Association]. Temporary help service companies post 52,000 job ads in September. Wanted Analytics]. Congratulations Fran Dichner , owner, president and CEO of the employment agency R&L Associates for being announced as one of the winners of The North Shore Chamber of Commerce’s first North Shore Distinguished Leadership Awards! Salem News]. Phenix City News]. Phenix City News]. PR Web]. JOBSSW]. 4-traders].
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I recently read an article suggesting 92% of Fortune 500 companies are either testing or deploying iPads. According to Good Technology , though, 2 industries — Financial Services and High Technology — account for nearly 50% of the Top 100 iPad accounts. Interestingly, Retail, the industry I think could benefit the most from tablets, only accounts for 4.4%. Eric Lai at ZDNet has started to compile a list of iPad deployments. What is fascinating is the rapid adoption in Education – both K-12 and Higher Education. Not even close. It isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach.
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